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Single-player games like Pillars of Eternity

Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Pillars of Eternity, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.

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Ranked picks

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    Tyranny — Steam game cover

    Tyranny

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

    2016AdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire — Steam game cover

    Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.

    2018RPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Serpent in the Staglands — Steam game cover

    Serpent in the Staglands

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    A true role-playing adventure. Set in the icy Staglands, this party-based CRPG has you take the role of a trapped god on a perilous journey across a beautiful, deadly peninsula.

    2015AdventureRPG13.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition — Steam game cover

    Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition is the first isometric party-based cRPG set in the Pathfinder fantasy universe. Enjoy a classic RPG experience inspired by games like Baldur's Gate, Fallout 1 and 2 and Arcanum. Explore and conquer the Stolen Lands and make them your kingdom!

    2018AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition — Steam game cover

    Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    The classic adventure returns! Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition includes the original Baldur’s Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion, and all-new content including three new party members.

    2013AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Avaria: Iron Rule — Steam game cover

    Avaria: Iron Rule

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    An isometric, party-based, real-time with pause RPG exploring the taboos of colonialism, power, punishment and the rule of law. Set in a rich fantasy world, Avaria: Iron Rule offers complex choices, deep dialogues and intense tactical battles inspired by classics of the genre.

    RPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition — Steam game cover

    Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness — Steam game cover

    Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    Black Geyser is an isometric, party-based fantasy RPG inspired by genre classics. Recruit characters with unique personalities and explore a land ravaged by civil war and a mysterious curse of greed. Your choices, good or evil, will decide the fate of the Kingdom of Isilmerald.

    2022IndieRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Baldur's Gate 3 — Steam game cover

    Baldur's Gate 3

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.

    2023StrategyAdventureRPG44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wasteland 3 — Steam game cover

    Wasteland 3

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

    2020StrategyRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mass Effect (2007) — Steam game cover

    Mass Effect (2007)

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.

    2008ActionRPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — Steam game cover

    Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.

    2016RPG5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game — Steam game cover

    ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

    2018RPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — Steam game cover

    Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fallout: New Vegas — Steam game cover

    Fallout: New Vegas

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grounded — Steam game cover

    Grounded

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?

    2022ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ — Steam game cover

    South Park™: The Stick of Truth™

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    From the perilous battlefields of the fourth-grade playground, a young hero will rise, destined to be South Park’s savior. From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes an epic quest to become… cool. Introducing South Park™: The Stick of Truth™.For a thousand years, the battle has been waged.

    2014ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Outer Worlds — Steam game cover

    The Outer Worlds

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.

    2020RPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™ — Steam game cover

    STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    5 years after the events of the award winning original, the Sith are on the verge of crushing the Old Republic. As a lone Jedi, will you follow the light side or succumb to the dark?

    2012RPG2.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grounded 2 — Steam game cover

    Grounded 2

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.

    2025ActionAdventureEarly Access29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fallout: New Vegas — Steam game cover

    Fallout: New Vegas

    Single-player alternative to Pillars of Eternity — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Pillars of Eternity.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →